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USAJOBS Highlights DoD SOFIA Link as One of the Most Visited with
415,655 Pages Viewed

WASHINGTON D.C. - U.S. Office of Personnel Management
(OPM) Director Kay Coles James today announced
that since the collaboration of the OPM and the Department of Defense
(DoD) recruitment web sites, USAJOBS and SOFIA (Support our Friends in
Iraq and Afghanistan) respectively, SOFIA is one of the most visited
links on USAJOBS, with 415,655 pages viewed. James indicated this highlights
the high level of interest among Federal employees and job seekers in
serving their nation by lending a hand in the rebuild of Iraq and Afghanistan.

Currently, the Centralized Civilian Recruitment Program of the U.S.
Army Medical Command (MEDCOM) is utilizing the SOFIA link to recruit
for a variety of highly skilled healthcare providers and medical support
personnel. There continues to be a critical need for medical personnel
who can provide services and care to soldiers who continue to fight the
war on terror, as many are returning from and being deployed to areas,
like Iraq and Afghanistan.

Director James said, "OPM and DoD are working together to reinforce
the President’s mandate to rebuild the nations of Iraq and Afghanistan.
Since the USAJOBS re-launch in August, 2003, there have been 53,962,817
visitors and 483,455 new resumes created on www.USAJOBS.opm.gov which
creates a pool of qualified and talented resources this great nation
has to offer and from which these developing nations can greatly benefit."

During a recent email campaign, OPM included information about the
SOFIA recruitment effort in Iraq and Afghanistan in its search agent
email notices which are sent out to job seekers on a daily basis. The
message was transmitted almost 7 million times. Since the addition of
the SOFIA link in February 2004, the page has consistently ranked as
one of the most visited pages on the USAJOBS web site; scoring within
the top twenty-five pages each week.

The SOFIA DoD web site was established in 2003 to hire exceptional
temporary Federal employees to work for the Coalition Provisional Authority
to assist in the rebuilding of the two developing nations of Iraq and
Afghanistan.

The USAJOBS/SOFIA linkage found on www.USAJOBS.opm.gov is one of many
initiatives developed to attract the best and brightest to the Federal
work force. Part of President Bush’s Management Agenda E-Government initiative
- Recruitment One-Stop - USAJOBS consolidates Federal jobs in one place,
allowing users to spend more time applying for jobs rather than just
trying to locate them.